Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert
UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and Sudan UN peacekeepers should be...
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Body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza, says Israeli defence minister
Nattapong Pinta had been seized in the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack and killed, according to Israeli military The Israeli military has retrieved the body...
Almost 300m people at risk of death through starvation – report
Aid cuts, conflict, climate and economic shocks contribute to sixth consecutive rise in numbers facing ‘high levels of food insecurity’ Acute food insecurity continues to...
NYU canceled talk on USAID cuts for being ‘anti-governmental’, doctor says
University called Dr Joanne Liu, ex-head of Doctors Without Borders, after planning to speak on Gaza and federal cuts The former international head of Doctors...
‘Worst nightmare’: Egypt and Jordan put in impossible bind by Trump Gaza plan
Though heavily dependent on US aid, Amman and Cairo face political calamity at home should they comply Middle East crisis – live updates International outrage...
Almost one in five children live in conflict zones, says Unicef
UN humanitarian body warns that dramatic increase in harm to children should not become the ‘new normal’ Nearly one in five of the world’s children...
US, Qatar and Egypt say Gaza truce talks must resume with ‘no excuses’ for further delay
Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel would attend negotiations after joint statement calls on ceasefire talks to resume with Hamas Middle East crisis live – latest...
Sudan on precipice of famine ‘beyond imagination’, says outgoing UN aid chief
Man-made crises in Gaza and Sudan leaving millions of people at risk, says retiring British diplomat Martin Griffiths Sudan is facing horror “beyond imagination”, the...
Battlefield deaths from global conflicts hit 30-year high, study finds
Since 2021, the overall number of deaths, including of civilians, has risen to the highest level in three decades, Peace Research Institute Oslo reports Deaths...
Egypt tight-lipped over Israeli takeover of Gaza buffer zone
Cairo seeks to keep lid on public anger and avoid escalation as IDF moves into Philadelphi corridor in breach of 1979 peace accord Egypt has...
